| 摘要 |
<p>A casing article (21) for use in automatic production of frankfurters and the like includes a tubular core (12) and a shirred casing stick (22) carried by the core. The core (12) can function as a disposable stuffing horn and, for this purpose, it has one end receivable in the discharge (52) of the stuffing machine including a flange (18) which is engaged and rotated by a rotating chuck (34) of the stuffing apparatus. Also disclosed are modifications to the stuffing machine to make the machine compatible with the casing article, an end-of-casing monitor (82), a carrier (51) for moving the casing article to a stuff position and a method for operating the stuffing machine to stuff out the casing and produce linked frankfurters.</p> |
